The archive will remain a ‘work-in-progress’. If you have, or come across, any items that you think might be relevant and of interest please contact us through the contact page.
Use the search item to bring up items relating to whatever aspect of the project interests you. The item will give a brief summary and possibly a link to a digitised copy of the material. If you want to follow it up you can contact the archive where it is located – a museum or a local local history group.
Or just browse, there is already lots of fascinating material there …
Railway to Greenway Rail Heritage Scoping schedule
This excel file was compiled by Sophie Vohra of York University as a scoping exercise identifying documents that might be…
Wildflowers June 2011
These photographs were taken in June 2011 by Peter Huxford. Includes a bee orchid somewhere between Moor Lane and Escrick…
CGI recreates trains at Bishopthorpe and Naburn bridges
Local film-maker Dave Thorp has created an amazing CGI recreation of trains passing through Bishopthorpe and over the bridges at…
Incidents at BOCM outside Selby
These dramatic accounts were submitted by Cyril Pickup who worked at BOCM at Barlby, just North of Selby friom 1953…
Living by the line – 1972
York to Selby line I first saw the rented bungalow by the railway line back in July1972, the day I…
Escrick Sidings Nature Reserve and Maze Picnic Spot
When Sustrans purchased what is now the Solar System Greenway in the 1980s for £1.00 they sold on…
Wikipedia Article on Selby Coalfield
This article describes the history of the coalfield and ‘post closure’
Some issues in the creation of the Solar System Greenway
PulPaul Hepworth is on the right in this historic photo – of course in those days you could build a…
Interview with a fireman
Working on the railway in the days of steam can often be romanticised by enthusiasts. One gentleman who preferred not…
Oral History : John Merdith – Designer of the East Coast Mainline diversion
John Meredith was a railway engineer who started work in 1945 on the Southern Railway. After ten years he went…
BR plans to divert main line 1976 Guardian article
This is a a copy of a Guardian articlel by A.C. Layhe – Chief Planning Officer BR Eastern Region -dated…
Sustrans Greenway Management Handbook
Created by Sustrans Greener Greenways project, this ? page booklet outlines best practice for grassland managment. A loan copy available…
Sara Robin MA Thesis on Arisings in Path Management
In 2007 Sara Robin of Yorkshire Wildlife Trust researched the impact of raking off of ‘arisings’ after the verge along…
Robert Cayton – railway worker
Robert Cayton’s son Les still lives in Bishopthorpe. He was brought up in the cottages by the bridge over…
Solar System – University Website
The scale model of the Solar System and the models of Cassini and Voyager were created by the University of…